Perfect Nonsense: The National Brain Appeal Pyjama Party

A fabulous photo of Matthew with Stephen Mangan has been shared by the Evening Standard. It is part of a fundraiser for The National Brain Appeal, a charity close to Stephen Mangan's heart. Read the article in full on the website.

Classic comedy stars Jeeves and Wooster - in the form of Stephen Mangan and Matthew Macfadyen - have donned pyjamas and nightcaps to party in a good cause. The actors, who are playing PG Wodehouse’s famous characters in a new play Perfect Nonsense, took time out from performances at Richmond Theatre this week to relax in support of The National Brain Appeal Pyjama Party.

The appeal, which Mangan has supported since his father died of brain cancer, is holding a week-long series of events starting tomorrow [october 19] to raise funds for the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London, the UK’s largest centre for patients with conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, muscles and nervous system. Mangan, channelling his character, the upper-class twit Bertie Wooster, encouraged others to take part. “What ho! Jeeves and I, as you can see, are preparing for the National Brain Appeal Pyjama Party. Were others not to join us, if not actually disgruntled, we would be far from gruntled.”